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he changed my life. >> mitt romney brought a huge sense of hope. >> cenk: it's all true all the skiers and ice skaters were alling all over the place until mitt romney came. oh thanks god, mitt romney is here. now i can get gold. do you want to hear how he quote/unquote rescued the olympics. he got more federal money. >> i'm a big believer of getting money where the money is. the money is in washington. i learned from my olympic experience if you want to learn how washington works, you can get help to money to help build economic opportunities. >> cenk: whoops, how much federal support did he get for the olympics? $1.3 billion, easily breaking a record at the time. he turned a deficit into a surplus by begging washington for more money. wow, what a legend. by the way, it was the most expensive olympics ever at that time. l.a. in 1984 cost $75 million. atlanta was $609 million. salt lake city overall had gotten $1.3 billion. and you know else who thought it was too expensive? john mccain, republican senator in a arizona. >> for the upcoming 2002 winter olympics in salt lake city it's es
he changed my life. >> mitt romney brought a huge sense of hope. >> cenk: it's all true all the skiers and ice skaters were alling all over the place until mitt romney came. oh thanks god, mitt romney is here. now i can get gold. do you want to hear how he quote/unquote rescued the olympics. he got more federal money. >> i'm a big believer of getting money where the money is. the money is in washington. i learned from my olympic experience if you want to learn how washington...
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change that will bring and opportunity. >> a new opinion poll suggests romney has topped 50% on support of likely voters. the first time he hit that mark. abc news and "washington post" have made 1,400 likely voters from sunday to wednesday. 50% of respondents said they would vote for romney. 47% for obama. the pollsters asked who would better manage the economy. 52% said romney. 43% said obama. the election is decided by the number of electoral votes allotted to each state. there are 538 votes in the electoral college. abc news estimates obama is likely to win 217 of them, romney, 191. >>> syrian military commanders say they'll abide by a cease-fire during a muslim holiday over the weekend, but government and opposition forces have shown little sign of letting up in their fighting. >> united nations and arab league envoy organized the tuesday for the festival. government and opposition forces agree to lay down their arms from friday through monday. they agree to lay down arms from friday through monday, but arm commanders say they reserve the right to retaliate against rebel attacks. t
change that will bring and opportunity. >> a new opinion poll suggests romney has topped 50% on support of likely voters. the first time he hit that mark. abc news and "washington post" have made 1,400 likely voters from sunday to wednesday. 50% of respondents said they would vote for romney. 47% for obama. the pollsters asked who would better manage the economy. 52% said romney. 43% said obama. the election is decided by the number of electoral votes allotted to each state....
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when he referred to mitt romney's stance on climate change in the recent debate. this is gripping. let's listen. >> he ridiculed the president, ridiculed the president for his efforts to fight global warming in economically beneficial way. he said, oh, you're going to turn back the seas. in my part of america, we would have liked it if someone could have done that yesterday. all up and down the east coast there are mayors, many of them republicans, who are being told you got to move these houses back away from the ocean. you got to lift them up. climate change is going to raise the water levels on a permanent basis. if you want your town insured, you have to do this. in the real world, barack obama's policies work better. >> he's unbelievable. our extreme weather we're facing right now in the northeast from droughts and wildfires across the country, now hurricane sandy, make the case that manmade global warming is not only real but is having an effect. right now. u.s. congressman ed markey, is the top democrat on the natural resources on the congress and senior me
when he referred to mitt romney's stance on climate change in the recent debate. this is gripping. let's listen. >> he ridiculed the president, ridiculed the president for his efforts to fight global warming in economically beneficial way. he said, oh, you're going to turn back the seas. in my part of america, we would have liked it if someone could have done that yesterday. all up and down the east coast there are mayors, many of them republicans, who are being told you got to move these...
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there are real life impacts to it and we have seen the romney campaign promising big change, trying to reconfigure that position on the auto bailout. there is the same thread that runs between these two things. what happens when everything fails? what happens when the markets bottom out, there is no other source of funding out there, except for the federal government and the federal reserve. there is no other relief that you can find for the state other than federal dollars or federal technical expertise. what does government do in those situations? and that's not an abstract argument. that's very real. >> what makes the firemen jump into the burning building, the police officer go in the streets after midnight in a flood zone, the national guard deployed. it's duty, it's service and those are things you get with government. >> yes. >> and this kind of situation, that you can't always get out of the private sector because it's there for a different reason. >> no incentive. it's those public sector workers who have been vilified since the tea party sort of came to the fore and the publi
there are real life impacts to it and we have seen the romney campaign promising big change, trying to reconfigure that position on the auto bailout. there is the same thread that runs between these two things. what happens when everything fails? what happens when the markets bottom out, there is no other source of funding out there, except for the federal government and the federal reserve. there is no other relief that you can find for the state other than federal dollars or federal technical...
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mitt romney is postponing campaign events. underneath the surface, they're still waging a pretty aggressive back and forth, particularly in the state of ohio. hunkered down in washington for the second day, the president stopped by red cross headquarters. >> the reason we're here, the red cross knows what it's doing. my message to the federal government, no bureaucracy, no red tape. >> reporter: mitt romney, who had suspended campaigning for the day, travelled to the battle state of ohio to encourage donations to the red cross. >> i had a chance to speak with some of the governors in the affected areas, they talked about people having hard times. i appreciate the fact that people in dayton got up this morning, some went to the grocery store i see, and purchased some things that these families will need. >> reporter: and with presidential politics hanging in the balance. one of mr. romney's top supporters, chris christie had nothing but praise for the federal government. >> the president has been outstanding in this, so the fol
mitt romney is postponing campaign events. underneath the surface, they're still waging a pretty aggressive back and forth, particularly in the state of ohio. hunkered down in washington for the second day, the president stopped by red cross headquarters. >> the reason we're here, the red cross knows what it's doing. my message to the federal government, no bureaucracy, no red tape. >> reporter: mitt romney, who had suspended campaigning for the day, travelled to the battle state of...
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>> cenk: ha, ha, ha, romney is not into coal enough. if you elect an democrat we'll really be into coal. even into coal even more. climate change, mtv who gives a damn about that. and did it help? did your strategy a piece oil and coal, did it help? no, super pacs run by the coal and oil industries are running this ad against president obama any way. >> we can build on that rock for generations to come. but our current leadership in washington has taken us down a different path. a path paved by heavy-handed epa regulation. a path relying on facts not fuel. a path leading away from energy independence. a path that fails to recognize low-cost energy and desirable high-paying jobs. >> cenk: yeah, nonsense. the reality is president obama has been terrific in weakening regulations. let me give a quote from the "washington post." obama has actually finalized fewer regulations than either clinton or bush at the same point in their terms. thank you for being more right wing than those guys. how about the issue of drilling and coal? look at this
>> cenk: ha, ha, ha, romney is not into coal enough. if you elect an democrat we'll really be into coal. even into coal even more. climate change, mtv who gives a damn about that. and did it help? did your strategy a piece oil and coal, did it help? no, super pacs run by the coal and oil industries are running this ad against president obama any way. >> we can build on that rock for generations to come. but our current leadership in washington has taken us down a different path. a...
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so nothing has changed, right. mitt romney is still mitt romney or at least the mitt romney that's always kind of changeable. i found that sort of fake relief rally, whatever it is, to be pretty offensive and wrong-headed. the red cross is put in this awkward position of saying we don't need canned goods, thank you very much, mr. 1950s. you know, like we need money, we need people to donate blood. and i think that sort of is mitt romney sort of small as it were, right? like to not only do something so craven but to do it in a way that's not even helpful on a small scale. >> so was it purely a photo opportunity? was it purely for the sake of having people walk past him, hand him cans, and be on television? >> well, it almost has to be seeing as how the thing he was doing was not something that the red cross actually needed. and so it almost has to be purely for politics truly as a photo-op. >> karen, you wanted to add something to that. >> i wanted to say, martin, the thing is when you have a platform or an opportun
so nothing has changed, right. mitt romney is still mitt romney or at least the mitt romney that's always kind of changeable. i found that sort of fake relief rally, whatever it is, to be pretty offensive and wrong-headed. the red cross is put in this awkward position of saying we don't need canned goods, thank you very much, mr. 1950s. you know, like we need money, we need people to donate blood. and i think that sort of is mitt romney sort of small as it were, right? like to not only do...
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we know that romney supporters have made big ads at the very end, the finish line. friday or saturday, will any mindis be changed? could any argument be effective at this point? not because of sandy but because time has run out? >> i'll tell you. out of all the elections i've watched or seen or been part of it, this is the most frut traiting to be part of. it's difficult to figure ut where the electorate wants to go. i actually think when you talk about three, four, five days left before the election, whatever it might be, there's still enough voters in critical battlegrounds that can move these states. these states are literally tied. so turnout in those final few minds will make a difference. whatever happens these last few days will have an impact. >> i should have pointed out as well, chris, that the poll we looked the at, we've seen movement here and there after the convention, maybe after the first dpee bait. in the end this race from the very beginning has been a dead heat, and that is really where it is right now. >> yeah, i think that's exactly right. i don
we know that romney supporters have made big ads at the very end, the finish line. friday or saturday, will any mindis be changed? could any argument be effective at this point? not because of sandy but because time has run out? >> i'll tell you. out of all the elections i've watched or seen or been part of it, this is the most frut traiting to be part of. it's difficult to figure ut where the electorate wants to go. i actually think when you talk about three, four, five days left before...
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. >> eric: no, but it doesn't mean the momentum changes back. face it, president obama has had the best success at changing the polling. when he goes negative. when his negative ads about romney for bain capital. >> kimberly: that's when he was ahead. >> eric: he was a murderer. that's when he gets movem. he can't do that now. you have can't go negative now. >> bob: are you suggesting that romney hasn't attacked obama negatively? one thing we should point out today the independent committee for both sides went over billion in spending. that means you have $3 billion spent on the presidential race. unbelievable. >> kimberly: it is unbelievable. where is it getting them in the end? >> dana: the npr poll that came out today has the two candidates at 49/48. the interesting thing about the poll, i thought, bob, i don't know if you had a chance to look at it there with auz an eight-point swing for romney in the poll from npr. >> kimberly: the important point is obama is losing ground since the piv the first debate where people got a chance to see who
. >> eric: no, but it doesn't mean the momentum changes back. face it, president obama has had the best success at changing the polling. when he goes negative. when his negative ads about romney for bain capital. >> kimberly: that's when he was ahead. >> eric: he was a murderer. that's when he gets movem. he can't do that now. you have can't go negative now. >> bob: are you suggesting that romney hasn't attacked obama negatively? one thing we should point out today the...
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like many of your viewers, we were surprised when governor romney some -- presented that as the first question in that debate. we made a note of the day after that debate. host: do you think this issue is one that is in the top five for voters in colorado? guest: no. for voters who are opposed to the obama administration, it makes their top five, but the top five for most people, three out of those spots are the economy, the economy, the economy. after that it would be energy and social issues, women's access to health care being chief among them. host: curtis hubbard, thank you so much for your time this morning. guest: thanks for having me. >> we have the managing director of our and our partners joining us this morning. this is the financial times this morning showing that colorado is pretty even. some have shown governor romney ahead. the denver post notes that president obama has been to the state more than any president in 40 years. he carried it more than any other democrat in 2008. how are republicans responding? guest: republicans are very energized right now. i think you're
like many of your viewers, we were surprised when governor romney some -- presented that as the first question in that debate. we made a note of the day after that debate. host: do you think this issue is one that is in the top five for voters in colorado? guest: no. for voters who are opposed to the obama administration, it makes their top five, but the top five for most people, three out of those spots are the economy, the economy, the economy. after that it would be energy and social issues,...
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. >> the tax code overhaul governor romney talked about overhauling the nation's tax code he hadn't offered specifics with mortgage interest reduction for the state and local taxes and federal income-tax what changes would you support? gibson: when i voted for the bipartisan budget cooper latourette it is a pro-growth tax reform the economy helps small business and hard-working families but let me say on the tax code i studied this extensively and had sessions with a cpa and an irs worker come in on her of time and give me to dillinger and our code is just complex and unfair. it's unfair because it favors the multinational corporations who can afford a whole wing of lawyers that can find the loopholes so what we need to do is commit to going through the tax code protecting the middle class provisions like mortgage and our local taxes and like our health care expenditures and charity those kind of things in the bipartisan budget we protect and put things on the table for bipartisan discussions so that we can close the loopholes that allow us to lower their rates for all. when you lower their
. >> the tax code overhaul governor romney talked about overhauling the nation's tax code he hadn't offered specifics with mortgage interest reduction for the state and local taxes and federal income-tax what changes would you support? gibson: when i voted for the bipartisan budget cooper latourette it is a pro-growth tax reform the economy helps small business and hard-working families but let me say on the tax code i studied this extensively and had sessions with a cpa and an irs worker...
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that romney's willing to take a gamble. putting out an ad that everyone knows is making this implication that is totally not true because they need to do something to try to change the i couldn't nammic -- change the dynamic of voters perceive him in ohio. >> i think it shows a little bit of where the romney campaign think that they are. that they have to have a hail mary pass like this. but what is their defense of the ad been up until now? have they had any defense? >> well, i think that their defense of the ad is that well, they don't technically say that the production is moving. they did say they're going to produce jeeps in china. and so they did i think alter the claim somewhat based on the criticism that romney got from his stump when he started mentioning -- but i don't think it really holds up because the implication from anyone who is watching is clear that they're going to move this production from the united states to china. they're relying on sort of the literal interpretation of the ad which is hey we said th
that romney's willing to take a gamble. putting out an ad that everyone knows is making this implication that is totally not true because they need to do something to try to change the i couldn't nammic -- change the dynamic of voters perceive him in ohio. >> i think it shows a little bit of where the romney campaign think that they are. that they have to have a hail mary pass like this. but what is their defense of the ad been up until now? have they had any defense? >> well, i...
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onler: romney or flip-flops' issues and the changes his mind. hultgren will that -- how will that be sent to voters in iowa? guest: iowa votes tend to punish tended to not consistent on the issues. they understand the issues and falls in close. " workmen voters in any other state i have spent in her, and i have been in all 50 karen politics. the fall elections closely and to understand where the candidates are on the issues and i understand it. and intends to nominate him. in iowa, , if you are a candidate and you are anti- abortion fourth pro- -- heror pr choice, erickson is the change their position in the middle of the campaign, they will punish you hair. -- for it. host: mike glover, thank you so much. host: sue dvorsky is the chairman of the iowa democratic party, joining us this morning to talk about her state as a battleground. sue dvorsky, cbs news says all four major iowa newspapers back mitt romney. what does this mean for you and your efforts? guest: i know that my good friend, mike glover, just talked about this it really doesn't hav
onler: romney or flip-flops' issues and the changes his mind. hultgren will that -- how will that be sent to voters in iowa? guest: iowa votes tend to punish tended to not consistent on the issues. they understand the issues and falls in close. " workmen voters in any other state i have spent in her, and i have been in all 50 karen politics. the fall elections closely and to understand where the candidates are on the issues and i understand it. and intends to nominate him. in iowa, , if...